Buffalo Wild Wings really is coming to Detroit

**buckster1986** · September-26-12, 03:23 PM

Does anyone have any updated photos of the progress?

**Detroitdave** · September-26-12, 05:43 PM

I went by yesterday and they are moving ahead quickly

**Hypestyles** · September-27-12, 12:26 AM

countdown to wing goodness.. I wonder when they'll be hiring for staff.. i've got a nephew that needs a job..

**Zacha341** · September-27-12, 05:20 AM

Funny! ---

--- I find the wings enemic and bland, but I am glad to see them make a move into the city!

Originally Posted by Baselinepunk

I also don't care for chain restaurants for the most part; however, I do love going to BW3 here in lovely Ferndale once I sell enough plasma and cash in my returnables.

**Zacha341** · September-27-12, 05:22 AM

Apparently they are moving along faster than Old Butcher Shoppe on Woodward!---

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Originally Posted by buckster1986

Does anyone have any updated photos of the progress?

**leapfrog** · September-27-12, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Funny! ---

--- I find the wings enemic and bland, but I am glad to see them make a move into the city!

Agree completely, on both counts.
I find their wings to be just that, enemic and bland
but I am glad to see them moving into the city, even if it is a chain

**Spartan** · October-04-12, 04:54 PM

Here's a picture of the building from today [[hopefully... first post)

**ThisIsForTheHeart** · October-04-12, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan

Here's a picture of the building from today [[hopefully... first post)

They need to hurry up. Missing the Tigers playoffs is loss revenue since there is no Hockey season and playoffs this year.

**Spartan** · October-04-12, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by ThisIsForTheHeart

They need to hurry up. Missing the Tigers playoffs is loss revenue since there is no Hockey season and playoffs this year.

I believe I read they will open in November, so baseball is out. They should do well for football games though.

**Brock7** · October-04-12, 07:23 PM

Oh no! They painted it.

**canuck** · October-04-12, 07:34 PM

I didnt know buffaloes had wings. Must be pretty big wings.

**Gistok** · October-04-12, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Brock7

Oh no! They painted it.

At least paint and [[hopefully) covering over the fancy archway on the first floor so they can have their signage on the right side... is reversible at some point in the future...

But the mixing of 21st Century Neo-Jock architecture on the first floor and 19th Century Victorian architecture on floors 2-4 is sort of jarring....

**Brock7** · October-04-12, 08:35 PM

I don't recall ever seeing a brick building get unpainted, except by weathering, which could take decades. I'd think strpping it would be damaging.

Originally Posted by canuck

I didnt know buffaloes had wings. Must be pretty big wings.

They're all dead, aren't they? They have angel wings. They have angel wings.

**gumby** · October-04-12, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Brock7

Oh no! They painted it.

It has been painted for decades.

**Brock7** · October-04-12, 09:18 PM

I thought the facade looked like it hadn't ever been painted in the most recent photos, but I see that's not the case.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

**Gistok** · October-04-12, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Brock7

I don't recall ever seeing a brick building get unpainted, except by weathering, which could take decades. I'd think strpping it would be damaging.

Google is your friend....

http://www.ehow.com/how_4443551_remo...rom-brick.html

**Brock7** · October-04-12, 09:40 PM

Anyways, the new cornice seems like an improvement.

**gumby** · October-04-12, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Brock7

Anyways, the new cornice seems like an improvement.

Yes it does look much better with the cornice. I also like how they carry the detail between the first and second floors over to the addition as a cornice for that part.

**gumby** · October-04-12, 10:36 PM

Although instead of the cornice I wish they would have restored the original look of the top floor like in this picture from www.historicdetroit.org
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**downtownguy** · October-05-12, 08:14 PM

I like the paint. It brings out the historical highlights on the facade. However, the real test will be to see what they do to the ground floor.

**Brock7** · October-08-12, 12:10 AM

The original ground floor facade was fancier too. I didn't recognize that it was the same building the first time I ran across these photos. I guess the building was first renovated sometime between 1892 and 1919.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dpa1ic/x...7/eb02e097.tif
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dpa1ic/x...8/eb02e098.tif

**Bad Brains** · October-08-12, 02:38 AM

BWW is a horrible over-priced chain. Are people really that excited about them opening up a location?

**Zacha341** · October-08-12, 05:31 AM

I'll probably never go as I don't do sports bars much, but it's 'exciting' enough over the option of another unused, derelict structure employing no one, bringing zero income to the city... or another torn down building!

Originally Posted by Bad Brains

BWW is a horrible over-priced chain. Are people really that excited about them opening up a location?

**DetroitPlanner** · October-08-12, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Brock7

The original ground floor facade was fancier too. I didn't recognize that it was the same building the first time I ran across these photos. I guess the building was first renovated sometime between 1892 and 1919.

Wine and Lager Beer Hall?

I thought victorians were a bunch of prudes!

**Brock7** · October-08-12, 08:24 PM

They were pretty saucy I guess - the saloons list is one of the longest in the 19th century directories. The ad for 218 Randolph is posted in the other Odd Fellows' Temple thread. This seems like a good excuse to post this advertising card for a nearby saloon of the same era. It's listed in the 1875 and 1877 directories.